Paper-heavy services, ink-stained forms, and long queues when accessing government services are fast becoming a thing of the past. From IDs to matric certificates, and driver’s licences to Master’s Office services, South Africa is taking a technological leap in public services, with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) already blazing a digital trail in enhancing service delivery and security.
South Africa’s long-running visa concession, first introduced in 2022 to protect lawfully present foreign nationals from falling into undesired status while the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) addressed historic visa processing backlogs, is approaching its current deadline on 31 March 2026.
The release of the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) interim report on allegations of permit and visa irregularities and findings of malfeasance within the Department of Home Affairs is a defining moment for the integrity of South Africa’s immigration system.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a clear and uncompromising message to employers across South Africa to comply with immigration and labour laws or face the consequences.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a clear and uncompromising message to employers across South Africa to comply with immigration and labour laws or face the consequences.
South Africa has taken a welcome step toward easing long-standing restrictions that make it difficult for spouses of Critical Skills Work visa holders from working in the country. Excluding accompanying partners — many of whom are highly skilled in their own right – from the labour market has long been seen as undermining the country’s competitiveness in attracting scarce global talent.
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is the bearer of good news for South Africans whose citizenship was unconstitutionally withdrawn: it has just launched the new Citizenship Reinstatement Portal, a first of its kind online platform that allows affected individuals to verify and reinstate their South African citizenship through a simple digital process.
Ahead of the peak holiday season, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issued a timely reminder encouraging all travellers to use the SARS Online Traveller Declaration System before entering or leaving South Africa, to help streamline processing at ports of entry.
South Africa recently lost two distinguished international scientists who were set to make a major contribution to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project: all due to an avoidable reason. In terms of South Africa’s immigration rules the spouse – herself a sought-after scientist was not granted direct work access under her husband’s Critical Skills Work […]
Government Services at the Digital Turning Point, With Home Affairs Leading the Way19/03/2026 - 09:16
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Accountability and Reform: The Home Affairs Investigation Marks a Turning Point for South Africa’s Immigration System05/03/2026 - 09:37
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